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S Korea orders airports to install bird detection cameras after air crash

At the moment of the Jeju Air accident, the pilot warned of a bird strike before pulling out of a first landing attempt. The plane crashed on its second attempt when the landing gear did not emerge [File: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]

The South Korean government has ordered all its airports to install bird detection cameras and radars in response to the country’s worst-ever aviation disaster in December.

The new plans were announced on Thursday by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as part of a nationwide special safety inspection of airports – along with a comprehensive survey of facilities that particularly attract birds.

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